Huck
/hʌk/noun
A dialect word for the hip or haunch of an animal, and a regional term for the hip or hip joint.
Did you know?English **huck** is a regional survival from older Germanic body-terms, and it’s historically tied to the same deep root that gave us words for the **hip** and the **hock** — the body literally left its mark on the vocabulary.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*keg-
“to bend, curve”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*hukkō- / *hukkaz
“a bent part; a hip/haunch-related form”
Old English
OE
hucce
“hip, haunch; a curved or projecting part”
Middle English
ME
hukke
“hip, haunch; dialectal body term”
Modern English
English
huck
“a regional or dialect word for the hip or haunch”